Robert Blust is a historical linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, and this Asia-Pacific Linguistics volume from the Australian National University is his standard scholarly reference on the Austronesian language family, covering its classification, reconstruction and geographic spread from island Southeast Asia across the Pacific to Madagascar. Its strength is that it remains the field's standard comprehensive reference, synthesizing decades of comparative linguistic reconstruction into one authoritative treatment. Its limit is that it is a linguistics reference specifically, concerned with language classification and historical reconstruction, not with the religious content or ritual practice of any tradition among Austronesian speaking peoples, so a claim about a specific tradition's beliefs needs a source focused on that religion rather than this language family reference.
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A standard scholarly linguistics reference on the Austronesian language family from an academic publisher, useful for linguistic facts rather than the religious content of any one Austronesian speaking tradition. NotesStandard scholarly reference on the Austronesian language family, covering its classification, reconstruction and geographic spread across island Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Use for established linguistic facts about an Austronesian language; a linguistics reference, not a source on the religious content of a tradition among Austronesian-speaking peoples.
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AuthorRobert Blust
PublisherAsia-Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University
Publication Year2013
URLhttps://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/items/7f833770-bb0f-4c16-b651-44888d980d23
Source TypeBook (scholarly)
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This source names Asia directly: "in Austronesian languages, and this Asia-Pacific Linguistics volume from the Australian National University is his standard scholarly reference on the Austronesian language family, covering its..."
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This source backs 47 claims across the atlas. As facts: 31 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 14 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Cultures, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 general references.
- Languages, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Culture Groups, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Language Families, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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